Pew Center Report on "Evidence Based Sentencing": At Sentencing Law and Policy, Doug Berman provides a link to a new policy brief from the Pew Public Safety Performance Project, titled "Arming the Courts with Research: 10 Evidence-Based Sentencing Initiatives to Control Crime and Reduce Costs." Evidence-based sentencing is aimed toward reducing recidivism, and the policy brief's author, Roger Warren, advocates flexible sentencing options that will encourage recidivism based on the risks and needs of the offender. The policy brief cites a study conducted in Washington state, and published in 2006, that concluded "some evidence-based programs can reduce crime, but others cannot."
More Sotomayor Opinions: As part of its Judge Sotomayor opinion series SCOTUSblog offers up summaries of a few decisions by Judge Sotomayor. These cases are notable because they provoked dissents or concurrences from other panel members. They are also noteworthy because address mostly criminal issues, from application of the Sentencing Guidelines to habeas corpus petitions. One case, United States v. Santa, actually involved the same question considered by the Supreme Court in Herring v. United States - whether the Fourth Amendment requires evidence found during a search incident to an arrest to be suppressed when the arresting officer conducted the arrest and search in sole reliance upon facially credible but erroneous information? Judge Sotomayor held the evidence should not be suppressed under the exclusionary rule. The Supreme Court reached a similar conclusion in Herring.
Judge Wood Interviewed: Jeff Zeleny at New York Times The Caucus confirms that Judge Wood was in Washington for a SCOTUS interview with President Obama. Yesterday, an official confirmed that President Obama had interviewed the first prospective Supreme Court candidate, while she was in town for a law conference at Georgetown University. The meeting has prompted Stuart Taylor, Jr., to rework his SCOTUS rankings. Judge Wood has replaced Elena Kagan at the top of his list. All of the speculation surrounding Judge Wood also prompted a post describing Judge Wood's judicial philosophy on SCOTUSblog. Kristina Moore's informative post provides transcripts of Judge Wood's nomination hearing to the Seventh Circuit, as well as summaries of some of her decisions.
More Sotomayor Opinions: As part of its Judge Sotomayor opinion series SCOTUSblog offers up summaries of a few decisions by Judge Sotomayor. These cases are notable because they provoked dissents or concurrences from other panel members. They are also noteworthy because address mostly criminal issues, from application of the Sentencing Guidelines to habeas corpus petitions. One case, United States v. Santa, actually involved the same question considered by the Supreme Court in Herring v. United States - whether the Fourth Amendment requires evidence found during a search incident to an arrest to be suppressed when the arresting officer conducted the arrest and search in sole reliance upon facially credible but erroneous information? Judge Sotomayor held the evidence should not be suppressed under the exclusionary rule. The Supreme Court reached a similar conclusion in Herring.
Judge Wood Interviewed: Jeff Zeleny at New York Times The Caucus confirms that Judge Wood was in Washington for a SCOTUS interview with President Obama. Yesterday, an official confirmed that President Obama had interviewed the first prospective Supreme Court candidate, while she was in town for a law conference at Georgetown University. The meeting has prompted Stuart Taylor, Jr., to rework his SCOTUS rankings. Judge Wood has replaced Elena Kagan at the top of his list. All of the speculation surrounding Judge Wood also prompted a post describing Judge Wood's judicial philosophy on SCOTUSblog. Kristina Moore's informative post provides transcripts of Judge Wood's nomination hearing to the Seventh Circuit, as well as summaries of some of her decisions.
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